Legal Opinion
Figueroa v. Boston Scientific Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 31, 2003No. 00 Civ. 7922(DC)PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
CHIN, District Judge.
In this products liability case, 51-year-old plaintiff Natalie Figueroa suffers from female stress urinary incontinence. Figueroa decided to undergo surgical implantation of a vaginal sling manufactured by defendant, Boston Scientific Corporation (“BSC”), called the ProteGen Collagen Impregnated Synthetic Sling (the “ProteGen sling”). Although the sling alleviated Figueroa’s symptoms, it was subsequently removed due to severe erosion of the surrounding vaginal wall. Figueroa alleges that the ProteGen sling was defective and dangerous to the public and…
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